aerthacht

Irish

Etymology

From aertha (“light-headed, giddy; simple-minded, silly”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

aerthacht f (genitive singular aerthachta)

1. light-headedness
2. simple-mindedness, silliness

Declension

Declension of aerthacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aerthacht vocative a aerthacht genitive aerthachta dative aerthacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an aerthacht genitive na haerthachta dative leis an aerthacht don aerthacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of aerthacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aerthacht	n-aerthacht	haerthacht	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aerthacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN